Milk-can.



APPLICATION FILED MABH'Z, 1911 L. R. STEEL.

MILK CAN.

2 SHEETFSHEET 1.

COLUMBIA PLANOQRAI co.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

L. R. STEEL.

MILK CAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1911.

1,05 1,028. Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

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atto'wmq COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH co, WASHINGTON. u. c.

ENTTED %TATE% PATENT @FFTQE.

LEONARD R. STEEL, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

MILK-CAN.

Application filed March 7, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEONARD R. STEEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Milk-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to milk cans.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide in a can of the above described character means for permitting the same to be thoroughly cleaned and kept in a perfect sanitary condition.

Another object of the invention is to provide a can including an outer metal jacket and an inner glass jar and to provide in the construction of the jacket means for holding the vertical walls and the top of the ar spaced from the corresponding walls of the jacket so as to prevent breakage of the jar should the outer jacket become indented or otherwise injured in transit.

Another object of the invent-ion is to provide in the construction of the outer jacket means whereby its base portion can be conveniently detached from the remaining portion of the can so as to greatly facilitate assembling the inner glass jar with the jacket and to provide in such construction a sanitary arrangement whereby the metal parts of the can can be as conveniently sterilized or otherwise suitably cleaned as the glass art.

Another object of the invention is to provide in the construction of the outer jacket a combined spacing and closure attaching device which may be operatively associated with the neck of the jar when the latter is arranged in the jacket.

In the drawings, forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views :-Figure 1 is a vertical section through my improved can. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

My improved can preferably comprises an outer jacket which includes a lower section 1 and an upper section 2. The lower section is offset inwardly at its upper end, as at 3, so as to receive the lower end of the upper section. A combined reinforcing and clamping band 4 embraces the sections 1 and 2 at their point of connection with each other,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.21,1913.

Serial No. 612,727.

and as shown, the band is secured to the sections by rivets or other suitable fastening devices 5.

The lower section is provided with a detachable base 6 which is formed with a peripheral depending supporting flange 7 which is eXteriorly embraced by a reinforcing band 8, the said band being secured to the flange 7 by fastening devices 9. The upper edge of the band is disposed below the plane of the bottom member 6, and as shown, the lower end of the section 1 cmbraces a portion of the flange 7 and is seated directly against the upper edge of the band 8. The bottom 6 is provided near the flange 7 with a plurality of bayonet slots 10 each including a circular portion 11 and a contracted portion 12. The portions 11 and 12 are arranged in open communication with each other for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The portions 12 are concentric with respect to the vertical axis of the jacket for a purpose to be hereinafter described. A spacing member 13 is secured, as at 14, to the bottom 6, and as shown, this member is provided with recesses 15 which are arranged in coincidence with the bayonet slots hereinbefore described. The spacing member is provided with a vertical flange 16 which is spaced from the walls of the lower section of the jacket, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. A collar 17 is secured, at 18, to the lower section 1. This collar is provided with a horizontal flange 19 to which platesv20 are secured. These plates are provided with depending threaded stems 21 which are formed at their lower ends with heads or stops 22. Circular winged clamping nuts 23 are adjustably mounted on the stems and are designed for clamping engagement with the bottom 6 so as to hold. the bottom securely confined against the flange 16 of the spacing device 13. From this construction it will be readily understood that]: provide for relative adjustment of the sect-ion 1 and the member 6 so that the former on proper adjustment of the clamping nuts 23 can be moved on the latter so as to position the nuts 23 in line with the circular portions of the bayonet slots and with the recesses 15 in the spacing member. When the bottom is in clamping engagement with the lower section 1 the stems 21 of the attaching devices will extend through the concentric portions 11 of the bayonet slots.

The sections 1 and 2 are wholly out of contact with the inner glass jar or vessel 24. The bottom of the vessel is seated against the bottom 6 and portions of the vertical walls of the vessel are embraced by the spacing device 13. The top section 2 of the jacket is provided with a central opening 25 through which the neck 26 of the jar extends. lVith a view of holding the bottom of the jar operatively associated with the spacing device 13, I provide a combined spacing member and closure attaching de vice 27. This device is secured, at 28, to the vertical flange 29 of the upper section of the jacket. The attaching device is provided with a lower inwardly spacing flange 30 and an upper inwardly extending jarretaining flange or portion 31. The portion 30 assists in the action of the flange 16 hereinbefore described in holding the jar with all of its walls excepting its bottom spaced from the walls of the jacket. The upper flange or portion 31 bears against the upper edge of the neck 26 and bears thereagainst with sufficient pressure when the bottom 6 is attached to the section 1 so as to hold the bottom of the jar securely confined in the space defined by the flange 16 and thereby prevents longitudinal movement of the jar in the jacket.

The flanges 30 and 31 are connected with each other by an exteriorly threaded portion 32 which receives the interiorly threaded flange 33 of a cover 3 1. A main cover 35 closes the jacket, and as illustrated, it is provided with a circular flange 36 which embraces the neck of the jar and which has frictional contact with the combined spacing member and closure-attaching device 27. The closure 35 is provided with an outwardly flared substantially funnel-like portion 37 which is formed with a peripheral reinforcing bead 38.

The flange 36 is provided with a staple 39 which is adapted to be arranged in close proximity with a similar staple 10 on the upper section 2 of the jacket so as to receive therewith a suitable seal 11. The up- Der section 2 of the jacket is provided with suitable handles 42. The jar is Suitably graduated, as at 413, so as to indicate the exact quantity of milk contained.

Y In assembling the different elements of the structure herein described it may be stated that the jar 24 is first placed upon the bottom member 6. it being understood that the sections 1 and 2 are permanently connected with each other and it will be seen that these sections may be readily placed over the jar and the lower section operatively associated in the bayonet slots in the bottom member. After this adjustment has been made the neck of the jar will be extended into the threaded portion 32 of the device 27. The neck will be in a position then to be engaged by the cover. When the main cover 35 and the jar cover 341 are removed, it will be seen that only a very small portion of metal will be exposed to the milk on its discharge from the jar during the pouring operation. That portion of the metal which will be exposed is the edge of the flange 31. From this construction the possibility of carrying germs or foreign matter into a vessel during the act of pouring the milk from the jar will be materially decreased. The construction as described is such that the vertical walls of the jar and the neck portion 26 and the top of the jar are entirely spaced from the walls of the section 1 and the section 2, thereby guarding against breakage of the jar should the sections 1 and 2 become indented or otherwise injured in a like mannor in transit.

I claim 1. In a can, a bottom having an annular flange, a ring embracing the flange and secured thereto and having its upper surface disposed slightly below the plane of the bottom, an upper section of the can embracing the flange of the bottom and having its lower walls resting against the upper edge of the said band, the said bottom having bayonet slots therein, a liner having a portion resting against the bottom and spaced from the walls of the upper section of the can, a spacer secured to the bottom and having an annular port-ion embracing the liner, the said spacer having recesses therein which are arranged in coincidence with the said bayonet slots, a collar secured within the upper section of the can and disposed above the plane of the recessed portion of the spacer, a closure for the upper section of the can, and threaded members secured to the collar and depending therefrom and provided with adjustable nuts which are adapted to occupy positions beneath the said bottom, the said upper section of the can being rotatably mounted upon said bottom whereby the latter and the former can be adjusted relatively, the said threaded members of the collar being removably extended through the bayonet slots and through the recesses of the spacer and the nuts of the said members being adapted to engage against the bottom wherebv to hold the latter and the upper section of the can against relative rotation.

2. In acan, a bottom member having a depending annular flange, a band secured to the exterior portion of the flange and having its upper edge disposed below the upper portion of the bottom member, an upper section of the can having a portion resting against the upper edge of the band and embracing the upper portion of the 1 flange of the said bottom member whereby In testimony whereof I afiix my signature said upper portion forms a stop to brace in presence of tWo Witnesses.

the upper section laterally and to hold the LEONARD R STEEL same against horizontal movement on the bottom member, a liner removably mounted Witnesses:

in the can, and a closure for the upper sec- GUSTAVE SQHARMANN,

tion of the can. RoBT. J. STEEL.

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